I honestly have no idea, but I shall try that. Thanks for all the support.

Maybe I did something wrong while in QTParted. Here's what Root comes up with "Warning: Unable to open /UNIONFS/dev/hdc read-write (Read-only file system). /UNIONFS/dev/hdc has been opened read-only."

I've constantly been searching for the reason why QTParted only shows the laptops hard drive as read only, preventing me from formatting and partitioning it.

Thanks for the help, I shall try and see if any of the suggested will help. Personally, I would prefer to free up the CD drive, but if it's not likely to happen, I will have to settle with what I'm given.

Yes, the touchpad works fine with Knoppix.

I suppose, considering I have no idea on how to do so.

Also, I am finding that the touchpad only allows me to go left and right (the cursor stays at the bottom of the screen). I tried connecting a PS/2 mouse and choosing that option, but no luck.

Hi there. I am trying to install Puppy Linux to my mom's laptop, to free up the disc drive. I chose this distribution because of the fact that she is used to Windows, and this looked great for her. I accidentally must have erased Windows Xp off of the laptop when I tried the Knoppix Live-CD, so curr...